Titus Andronicus
Series: Dover Thrift Editions; Dover thrift editions
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2015
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780486790046; 9780486796970
Subjects: Drama; Generals; Goths; Germanic Invasions of Rome (3rd-6th centuries) fast (OCoLC)fst01353189; DRAMA; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM; Shakespeare; History
Description: Set amid the latter days of the Roman Empire, this tragedy of a military and political leader bent on vengeance is fictional rather than historical. Shakespeare modeled the play on the violent and gory revenge dramas fashionable among his contemporaries, and the plot encompasses horrifying incidents of rape, murder, and mutilation.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Title Page; title: Copyright Page; title: Note; title: Contents; title: Act I; title: Scene I. Rome. Before the Capitol-The Tomb of the Andronici Appearing; title: Act II; title: Scene I. Rome. Before the Palace; title: Scene II. A Forest near Rome. Horns and Cry of Hounds Heard; title: Scene III. A Lonely Part of the Forest; title: Scene IV. Another Part of the Forest; title: Act III; title: Scene I. Rome. A Street; title: Scene II. A Room in Titus's House. A Banquet Set Out; title: Act IV; title: Scene I. Rome. Titus's Garden; title: Scene II. The Same. A Room in the Palace; title: Scene III. The Same A Public Place; title: Scene IV. The Same. Before the Palace; title: Act V; title: Scene I. Plains near Rome; title: Scene II. Rome. Before Titus's House; title: Scene III. Court of Titus's House. A Banquet Set Out.